Early life and education
Born inEarly career
After graduating from law school, Reed worked as an associate in the law firm of Gallo & Iacovangelo inU.S. House of Representatives
Elections
2010
In 2009, Reed announced that he would run against incumbent Democrat2012
New York lost two seats in the U.S. House due to population change. The 29th Congressional District was eliminated and much of the district became the 23rd Congressional District. The new 23rd District included Allegany, Cattaraugus County, New York, Cattaraugus, Chemung County, New York, Chemung, Ontario County, New York, Ontario, Schuyler County, New York, Schuyler, and Steuben County, New York, Steuben counties from the old 29th District, and added Chautauqua County, New York, Chautauqua, Seneca County, New York, Seneca, Tompkins County, New York, Tompkins, and Tioga County, New York, Tioga counties. Three candidates, Leslie Danks Burke, Melissa Dobson and Tompkins County legislator Nate Shinagawa entered the Democratic primary to challenge Reed in the new 23rd District. Shinagawa won the Democratic nomination and also was nominated by the Working Families Party. During the campaign, Reed said that he accidentally paid one of his tax bills using campaign funds. Reed's campaign voluntarily reported the error in a campaign finance report and Reed reimbursed the campaign. Reed defeated Shinagawa in the general election, 51.9% to 48.1%.2014
Reed faced the Democratic nominee, Tompkins County Legislative Chair Martha Robertson. Though it was predicted to be a close race, Reed won with 57.7% of the vote to Robertson's 35.9%.2016
Reed was unopposed in the Republican primary. He initially endorsed Jeb Bush for president before Bush left the race. He then endorsed Donald Trump on March 16. Reed reaffirmed his support for Trump in August. In the November general election, Reed faced John Plumb, the only Democrat to file for the race. Reed was reelected with 58.1% of the vote to Plumb's 41.9%.2018
Reed ran unopposed in the Republican primary before facing Democratic nominee Tracy Mitrano in the general election. Reed was reelected with 54.2% of the vote to Mitrano's 45.8%.2020
In a rematch of the 2018 election, Reed defeated Mitrano by a wide margin.Tenure
Reed has served on the House Judiciary Committee, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House Committee on Rules and House Ways and Means Committee. In 2012, Reed focused on ending government spending and supported budget amendments that eliminated government funding, such as a sewer system in Tijuana, Mexico. He voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and supported the Budget Control Act of 2011. After his reelection in 2012, Reed drafted the Promoting Assistance with Transitional Help Act. The bill would have modified the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Temporary Assistance for Needy Family program by setting a five-year limit on welfare payments to individuals. With a government shutdown looming in September 2013, Reed introduced the Pay Our Veterans and Seniors First Act. The legislation would ensure that armed services members were paid and that seniors continued receiving benefits during a temporary government shutdown. The bill also proposed that members of Congress and the President forfeit their salaries for the duration of the shutdown. In February 2014, Reed introduced the Clinical Trial Cancer Mission 2020 Act. The bill would have mandated that researchers publish all information from cancer clinical trials, with the goal to get more researchers to work together and bring down the number of duplicative studies. The legislation would have created a national clearinghouse run by the NIH. In May 2014, Reed introduced a bill that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to permanently extend and expand certain expired provisions that provided an enhanced tax deduction for businesses that donated their food inventory to charitable organizations. Reed argued that it made sense to make this a permanent measure because "doing it on a temporary basis ... is part of the problem. We need to make this sound policy permanent in the tax code and I'm optimistic we'll get it to the finish and allow people to take advantage of the tax deduction that would encourage them to use the food rather than put it in a landfill." On May 4, 2017, Reed voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and passing the American Health Care Act of 2017, American Health Care Act. Reed was ranked as the 32nd most bipartisan member of the House during the 114th United States Congress, and the seventh most bipartisan member of the House from New York, in the Bipartisan Index created by The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy. In the 115th United States Congress, Reed voted in line with President Trump's position 96.7% of the time. Reed sits on the House Way and Means Committee, which is in charge of tax legislation, and was one of only two House members from New York (along with Chris Collins (New York politician), Chris Collins) to support the provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, 2017 Republican tax overhaul bill that eliminated the federal tax deduction for state income taxes. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called the two lawmakers "the Benedict Arnolds of their time", claiming that the loss of the deduction would cost New York taxpayers nearly $15 billion and do grave damage to the state. Reed voted for the bill. In 2019, Reed became the first House Republican in the new Congress to support a Procedures of the United States House of Representatives#Rules of the House, House rules change package authored by Democrats. Becoming the first member to "break ranks for a full rules proposal" in 18 years, he argued, according to his spokesman, that "real reforms were necessary that could actually bring legislation to the floor". The change intends to "lessen the sharp partisan divide in the House, in part by making it easier for rank-and-file members to bring their own bills onto the floor for a vote." On September 19, 2019, Reed suddenly lost consciousness for approximately 30 seconds while waiting to conduct a television interview. He was revived and hospitalized. Following the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol, storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, Reed wrote in the ''New York Times'' that while Trump could and should be held accountable, impeachment was not appropriate. On May 19, 2021, Reed was one of 35 Republicans to join all Democrats in voting to approve legislation to establish the January 6 commission meant to investigate the storming of the U.S. Capitol. In June 2021, Reed was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002, AUMF against Iraq. On November 5, 2021, Reed was one of 13 House Republicans to break with their party and vote with a majority of Democrats in favor of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. In 2022, Reed was one of six Republicans to vote for the Global Respect Act, which imposes sanctions on foreign persons responsible for violations of the internationally recognized human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) people, and for other purposes.Sexual misconduct allegation and resignation
On March 19, 2021, Nicolette Davis alleged in ''The Washington Post'' that Reed had rubbed her back, unhooked her bra, and inched his hand up her thigh at an Irish pub in Minnesota in 2017 when she worked as a junior insurance company lobbyist. Reed denied the allegation. Two days later, on March 21, 2021, he apologized to Davis, saying he still did not recall the incident in question but considered her story possible, since he had been battling alcoholism at the time. In the same statement, he said would not seek reelection in 2022 United States House of Representatives elections, 2022. Reed later noted that he had briefly considered running for further office anyway and felt pressured by political consultants who had advised him to admit nothing and deny everything; he still said he did not remember assaulting Davis on the night in question. On May 10, 2022, Reed resigned from Congress, leaving office more than seven months before the end of his term. He has accepted a position with Prime Policy Group, the lobbying arm of Burson Cohn & Wolfe.Committee assignments
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Committee on Ways and Means ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, Subcommittee on Oversight ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources, Subcommittee on Human Resources ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, Subcommittee on Select Revenue MeasuresCaucus memberships
* Problem Solvers Caucus (co-chair) * Republican Study Committee * Republican Main Street Partnership * Natural Gas Caucus (co-chair)2022 New York gubernatorial election
Reed has been mentioned as a potential candidate for governor of New York in 2022. In a February 4, 2021, conference call with reporters, he said, "Governor Cuomo, Your days are numbered. There's leadership coming to Albany very soon". On March 21, 2021, he announced that he would not seek elected office in 2022.Electoral history
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